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Hillsboro business owners tell council Project Homeless shelter is straining public safety and businesses
Summary
A business leader told the council that a Project Homeless Connect site and existing encampment activity near Oak and Baseline is increasing crime calls and stretching police resources; the speaker asked the city for help and a good‑neighbor agreement.
At the Jan. 21 Hillsboro council meeting, Trisha Raby, speaking for local business owners, urged the city to address crime and public‑safety impacts she said are linked to Project Homeless Connect activity near Oak and Baseline.
Raby said Project Homeless Connect is "coming into Hillsboro on, between Oak and Baseline on Sixth Street" and told the council the site is "starting to break ground on their new building, which is going to be three stories high in a very small area there." She said business owners report…
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